Re: FormsAuthentication.Encrypt - algorithm

From: Gawel (gawelek_at_moveitoutgazeta.pl)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:01:01 +0100

Hernan de Lahitte wrote:
> Hi Gawel,
>
> The encryption/decryption variables that Forms Authentication use are
> configured in the <machineKey> entry (see machine.config file or your
> web,config file as well).
> The "decryptionKey" attribute drives the key management as well as the
> symmetric algorithm used. The default values "Autogenerate" set the 3DES
> algorithm and a random key is generated and stored in the Local Security
> Authority (LSA). You may specify your own key if you change this attribute
> with the hexadecimal encoded value of your random generated key. For further
> info search for "machineKey" on the MSDN Library.
>
> Hernan de Lahitte
> http://weblogs.asp.net/hernandl
> http://www.lagash.com/english/index.html
>
> "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows
> absolutely everything about nothing".

Thanks

Gawel

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